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The shortage of able-bodied men, coupled with heavy levies and extortion by bandits, meant many ordinary people could only afford one meal a day. They couldn't possibly bear any extra taxes.,Following the bridal party were girls who had been left behind by their villages, so to speak. They were the leftovers, the ones no one else wanted. Their quality was self-evident.,On the top of Lubei Terrace, stood three young men, a hunchback, a limping man, and the last one, though he had all four limbs intact, his face was sly and shifty, not looking like a good person at all.。